Abstract:
Barry provides a deep insight into the end of the Twentieth Century as a period marked and marred by unemployment, and the uncertainty of employment across the continent.  The chapter demonstrates that employment of graduate students in Guinea Conakry as in most African countries, was very problematic.  This qualitative study particularly shows the immersion of graduates from the Guinean university system into the workforce and their perceptions as well as the perceptions of their employers of the Guinean labour market.  The analysis from the data which he collected from the interviews reveal that the induction of these graduates is affected by family relationships, which in turn affect their professional careers.  The family background gives an unquestionable advantage in the search for employment.  This advantage helps in the possiblity of being made an offer for a training course in the work environment, and also the possbility of financing future trainings.  The general assumption of this research is verified when compared with future trainings, the role of training courses and the importance of family relationships.           

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Barry, Mamdou Gando (2007). The professional insertion of African graduates: the case of the Universite de Conakry, In Michael O. Afolayan (ed) Higher education in postcolonial Africa:paradigms of development, decline and dilemmas Asmara, Eritrea: Africa World Press Inc., 137-159